mentiri

mentiri is a Latin form of mentior, meaning “lie, speak falsely; pretend, imitate”. It is the present passive infinitive or present deponent infinitive.

Found 62 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.135: … m fuisse, nullum propugnatorem afuisse, nullum vacuum tractum esse remum, rem frumentariam esse suppeditatam; mentiri nauarchos, mentiri tot tam gravis civitates, mentiri etiam Siciliam totam; proditum esse te a Cleomene, qui s …

Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 4.2.1080: Eo mínus dixi, ne haec cénseret me advórsum se mentíri.

Plautus, Truculentus 1.2.105: fit pól hoc, et pars spectátorum scitís pol haec vos me haud méntiri,

All forms of mentior (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.